Tom Sawyer wasn't mentioned. Jane Austen was and so was "The Shipping News," neither of which is likely to be read by the average ten-year-old...
As for the hair-pulling, they are at the stage of cutting and pasting from the archives now, but this comment is pretty typical of those that say it isn't... This is what I posted, exactly: "I have to admit, I have not admired J. K. Rowling's writing ability ever, but I give her plenty of credit for doing it and being a success. That is worthy of praise, even if I don't care for the final product. I just find it un-literary. By that I mean, I do not fall in love with her sentences. I do not find myself interested in rereading any of her tomes. I find that they ramble all over the place, lots of chase scenes, which are great for movies, but boring to read over and over again." This is pure opinion, and includes my admiration for her ability to complete all these books. Well, especially the first one. After that, with the money rolling in, I bet it was much easier. But, funny thing about writing books, or painting a painting, or sculpting a sculpture. Readers and art viewerss are entitled to have opinions. Same goes with movies. So are you insinuating that we can't post our opinions about books and movies, or about art for that matter? Pulllleeeeeze! I did not put down J. K. Rowling. She is a success. But her writing is just not my preferred kind of writing. Some critics (folks who get paid to do what I do for free) agree. I posted a link to one who gave a moderate review of this book. Some, I am sure, feel differently. Feel free to post a link to an alternate critic's opinion, from someone who just loves her books. And I think it's great that kids read, period. I don't much care what they read at all. I am an "unschooler," after all. Whatever works for your kid is okay with me. Do I need to post my post about reading stuff into other people's email posts again? Seems to be happening with alarming frequency. On 7/19/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So what is the argument of people that claim it isn't? > > And do they think Tom Sawyer isn't literature? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:24 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: rolling my eyes > > > > There's a huge hair-pulling fight going on on one of my lists as to > > whether > > Harry Potter is literature... I mean, who cares! Just venting... carry > on. > > Dana > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165421 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
